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November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨 STARTING SOON | Votes at 16 in an age of disinformation
Join this #EpistemicSecurityNetwork event, with @milalliance.bsky.social, as we explore how the UK can strengthen whole-society media literacy at a time of rising misinformation - and what votes at 16 means for democratic education.
Join this #EpistemicSecurityNetwork event, with @milalliance.bsky.social, as we explore how the UK can strengthen whole-society media literacy at a time of rising misinformation - and what votes at 16 means for democratic education.
Votes at 16 in an age of disinformation: How can the UK strengthen whole-society media literacy?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨 STARTING SOON | Votes at 16 in an age of disinformation
Join this #EpistemicSecurityNetwork event, with @milalliance.bsky.social, as we explore how the UK can strengthen whole-society media literacy at a time of rising misinformation - and what votes at 16 means for democratic education.
Join this #EpistemicSecurityNetwork event, with @milalliance.bsky.social, as we explore how the UK can strengthen whole-society media literacy at a time of rising misinformation - and what votes at 16 means for democratic education.
🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS 💭
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems & democracy spotlights fresh research and policy insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK.
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Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems & democracy spotlights fresh research and policy insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK.
✍️ Sign up here: demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS 💭
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems & democracy spotlights fresh research and policy insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK.
✍️ Sign up here: demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems & democracy spotlights fresh research and policy insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK.
✍️ Sign up here: demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
🗣️ EVENT | Making Citizens’ Voices Heard: Accountability in a Healthy Democracy
Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power.
📅 8 Dec, 6pm
💻 Online & in-person
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Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power.
📅 8 Dec, 6pm
💻 Online & in-person
🎟️ Register below ⬇️
Making citizens’ voices heard: accountability in a healthy democracy
Join the Collaborative Democracy Network to explore how we can strengthen our democracy to ensure citizens’ voices are heard.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🗣️ EVENT | Making Citizens’ Voices Heard: Accountability in a Healthy Democracy
Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power.
📅 8 Dec, 6pm
💻 Online & in-person
🎟️ Register below ⬇️
Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power.
📅 8 Dec, 6pm
💻 Online & in-person
🎟️ Register below ⬇️
🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think?
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think?
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
🚨 CLOSING ON MONDAY | Waves Programme Manager
Join Demos and lead the ground-breaking Waves programme - starting with our first 3-month digital democracy trial with Camden Council, and then guiding the project through to its completion in December 2026.
Apply here ⬇️
demos.co.uk/programme-ma...
Join Demos and lead the ground-breaking Waves programme - starting with our first 3-month digital democracy trial with Camden Council, and then guiding the project through to its completion in December 2026.
Apply here ⬇️
demos.co.uk/programme-ma...
Programme Manager - Waves
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨 CLOSING ON MONDAY | Waves Programme Manager
Join Demos and lead the ground-breaking Waves programme - starting with our first 3-month digital democracy trial with Camden Council, and then guiding the project through to its completion in December 2026.
Apply here ⬇️
demos.co.uk/programme-ma...
Join Demos and lead the ground-breaking Waves programme - starting with our first 3-month digital democracy trial with Camden Council, and then guiding the project through to its completion in December 2026.
Apply here ⬇️
demos.co.uk/programme-ma...
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🎉Congratulations to all our finalists for the inaugural Innovation Award!
@centreforcities.bsky.social
@britainleads.bsky.social
@demos-uk.bsky.social
@moneyandmentalhealth.org
@nestauk.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@smfthinktank.bsky.social
#SmartThinkingAwards
@centreforcities.bsky.social
@britainleads.bsky.social
@demos-uk.bsky.social
@moneyandmentalhealth.org
@nestauk.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@smfthinktank.bsky.social
#SmartThinkingAwards
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎉Congratulations to all our finalists for the inaugural Innovation Award!
@centreforcities.bsky.social
@britainleads.bsky.social
@demos-uk.bsky.social
@moneyandmentalhealth.org
@nestauk.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@smfthinktank.bsky.social
#SmartThinkingAwards
@centreforcities.bsky.social
@britainleads.bsky.social
@demos-uk.bsky.social
@moneyandmentalhealth.org
@nestauk.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
@smfthinktank.bsky.social
#SmartThinkingAwards
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🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
Programme Manager - Waves
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
📈 NEW BLOG | Must the government choose between a broken promise and a broken economy? Or is there another way?
With the Budget only 34 days away, Lead Researcher, Dan Goss summarises Demos’s recommendations for a tax system that is fair, pro-growth *and* in line with public and business opinion.
With the Budget only 34 days away, Lead Researcher, Dan Goss summarises Demos’s recommendations for a tax system that is fair, pro-growth *and* in line with public and business opinion.
The Demos guide to pragmatic, pro-growth tax reform
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📈 NEW BLOG | Must the government choose between a broken promise and a broken economy? Or is there another way?
With the Budget only 34 days away, Lead Researcher, Dan Goss summarises Demos’s recommendations for a tax system that is fair, pro-growth *and* in line with public and business opinion.
With the Budget only 34 days away, Lead Researcher, Dan Goss summarises Demos’s recommendations for a tax system that is fair, pro-growth *and* in line with public and business opinion.
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..delighted to have contributed to this report with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and a huge thanks to Polly Curtis and all @demos-uk.bsky.social for their help and support…..m/f
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
..delighted to have contributed to this report with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and a huge thanks to Polly Curtis and all @demos-uk.bsky.social for their help and support…..m/f
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
📢 NEW REPORT | The Story to Tell on Tax Rises: How to gain public trust in tax rises
With the Autumn Budget approaching, the latest report in our series on tax reform considers how the government can bring the public onside with the tough but necessary choices ahead.
demos.co.uk/research/the...
With the Autumn Budget approaching, the latest report in our series on tax reform considers how the government can bring the public onside with the tough but necessary choices ahead.
demos.co.uk/research/the...
The story to tell on tax rises: How to gain public trust in tax rises
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢 NEW REPORT | The Story to Tell on Tax Rises: How to gain public trust in tax rises
With the Autumn Budget approaching, the latest report in our series on tax reform considers how the government can bring the public onside with the tough but necessary choices ahead.
demos.co.uk/research/the...
With the Autumn Budget approaching, the latest report in our series on tax reform considers how the government can bring the public onside with the tough but necessary choices ahead.
demos.co.uk/research/the...
🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS | Positive news for media literacy and more
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems spotlights fresh research and insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ℹ️
demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems spotlights fresh research and insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ℹ️
demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS | Positive news for media literacy and more
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems spotlights fresh research and insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ℹ️
demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems spotlights fresh research and insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ℹ️
demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...
🫧 BLOG | Bursting the party conference filter bubble
After a packed party conference season, Hannah Perry reflects on Demos's panels on Epistemic Security - sharing key thoughts from speakers, new @yougov.co.uk data and some possible solutions explored during these conversations.
📖 Read the blog ⬇️
After a packed party conference season, Hannah Perry reflects on Demos's panels on Epistemic Security - sharing key thoughts from speakers, new @yougov.co.uk data and some possible solutions explored during these conversations.
📖 Read the blog ⬇️
Bursting the party conference filter bubble
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🫧 BLOG | Bursting the party conference filter bubble
After a packed party conference season, Hannah Perry reflects on Demos's panels on Epistemic Security - sharing key thoughts from speakers, new @yougov.co.uk data and some possible solutions explored during these conversations.
📖 Read the blog ⬇️
After a packed party conference season, Hannah Perry reflects on Demos's panels on Epistemic Security - sharing key thoughts from speakers, new @yougov.co.uk data and some possible solutions explored during these conversations.
📖 Read the blog ⬇️
🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
Programme Manager - Waves
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council.
📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️
📣 Waves - the largest trial of digital democracy in Britain - is now live on the streets of #Camden.
If you're a Camden resident and want to help shape @camdencouncil.bsky.social's future plan on adult social care, have your say now: who-cares.commonplace.is
If you're a Camden resident and want to help shape @camdencouncil.bsky.social's future plan on adult social care, have your say now: who-cares.commonplace.is
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📣 Waves - the largest trial of digital democracy in Britain - is now live on the streets of #Camden.
If you're a Camden resident and want to help shape @camdencouncil.bsky.social's future plan on adult social care, have your say now: who-cares.commonplace.is
If you're a Camden resident and want to help shape @camdencouncil.bsky.social's future plan on adult social care, have your say now: who-cares.commonplace.is
📢 NEW REPORT | Beyond The Headlines: The full story of last year’s inheritance tax reforms and lessons to learn
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 NEW REPORT | Beyond The Headlines: The full story of last year’s inheritance tax reforms and lessons to learn
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
⏪ CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE CATCH-UP | The State of the Nation with Sir John Curtice
Catch up on this Demos session where polling guru, Sir John Curtis, considered the state of the nation and explored how the Conservative party can start to rebuild trust with the public.
📺 Watch the recording ⬇️
Catch up on this Demos session where polling guru, Sir John Curtis, considered the state of the nation and explored how the Conservative party can start to rebuild trust with the public.
📺 Watch the recording ⬇️
The State of the Nation: In conversation with Sir John Curtice
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October 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
⏪ CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE CATCH-UP | The State of the Nation with Sir John Curtice
Catch up on this Demos session where polling guru, Sir John Curtis, considered the state of the nation and explored how the Conservative party can start to rebuild trust with the public.
📺 Watch the recording ⬇️
Catch up on this Demos session where polling guru, Sir John Curtis, considered the state of the nation and explored how the Conservative party can start to rebuild trust with the public.
📺 Watch the recording ⬇️
🎙️ Demos’ Director of Policy & Impact, Anna Garrod, spoke to #BBCSounds about the growing #democratic emergency in Britain.
Anna stresses that national #renewal cannot just be a slogan - it must be *felt* in people’s daily interactions with public services and through a state that delivers for them.
Anna stresses that national #renewal cannot just be a slogan - it must be *felt* in people’s daily interactions with public services and through a state that delivers for them.
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎙️ Demos’ Director of Policy & Impact, Anna Garrod, spoke to #BBCSounds about the growing #democratic emergency in Britain.
Anna stresses that national #renewal cannot just be a slogan - it must be *felt* in people’s daily interactions with public services and through a state that delivers for them.
Anna stresses that national #renewal cannot just be a slogan - it must be *felt* in people’s daily interactions with public services and through a state that delivers for them.
💬 Take part in Britain’s biggest digital democracy trial to shape the future of adult social care in #Camden!
Miriam Levin explains how easy it is to take part in this vital conversation - just scan the QR code found at any bus stop in Camden and let Camden Council know what matters to you most.
Miriam Levin explains how easy it is to take part in this vital conversation - just scan the QR code found at any bus stop in Camden and let Camden Council know what matters to you most.
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💬 Take part in Britain’s biggest digital democracy trial to shape the future of adult social care in #Camden!
Miriam Levin explains how easy it is to take part in this vital conversation - just scan the QR code found at any bus stop in Camden and let Camden Council know what matters to you most.
Miriam Levin explains how easy it is to take part in this vital conversation - just scan the QR code found at any bus stop in Camden and let Camden Council know what matters to you most.
The rise of Reform is not just a challenge for Labour, but a symptom of deep public frustration with a system that's not delivering for them.
🎙️Demos’ Anna Garrod, explained on #TheWorldAtOne why we need a new deal between citizen and state.
Listen from 39:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎙️Demos’ Anna Garrod, explained on #TheWorldAtOne why we need a new deal between citizen and state.
Listen from 39:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The rise of Reform is not just a challenge for Labour, but a symptom of deep public frustration with a system that's not delivering for them.
🎙️Demos’ Anna Garrod, explained on #TheWorldAtOne why we need a new deal between citizen and state.
Listen from 39:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎙️Demos’ Anna Garrod, explained on #TheWorldAtOne why we need a new deal between citizen and state.
Listen from 39:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
📣 APPLICATION CLOSING SOON | Join the #Impact team at Demos
We're looking for an Associate Director of Policy who brings deep policy expertise and strong political nous to lead our Public Service Reform and Citizen’s Economy programmes.
Apply by Sunday ⬇️
demos.co.uk/associate-di...
We're looking for an Associate Director of Policy who brings deep policy expertise and strong political nous to lead our Public Service Reform and Citizen’s Economy programmes.
Apply by Sunday ⬇️
demos.co.uk/associate-di...
Associate Director of Policy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📣 APPLICATION CLOSING SOON | Join the #Impact team at Demos
We're looking for an Associate Director of Policy who brings deep policy expertise and strong political nous to lead our Public Service Reform and Citizen’s Economy programmes.
Apply by Sunday ⬇️
demos.co.uk/associate-di...
We're looking for an Associate Director of Policy who brings deep policy expertise and strong political nous to lead our Public Service Reform and Citizen’s Economy programmes.
Apply by Sunday ⬇️
demos.co.uk/associate-di...
🏡 NEW PROGRAMME | Supporting the delivery of New Towns
Demos and Inner Circle Consulting are joining forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments.
Demos and Inner Circle Consulting are joining forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🏡 NEW PROGRAMME | Supporting the delivery of New Towns
Demos and Inner Circle Consulting are joining forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments.
Demos and Inner Circle Consulting are joining forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments.
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A better welfare system is possible - one that treats people with dignity, compassion, and care 🤝
In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2
In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A better welfare system is possible - one that treats people with dignity, compassion, and care 🤝
In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2
In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2
✍ NEW BLOG | Putting humanity at the heart of welfare
@j-hancock.bsky.social reflects on 13 years of online conversations evidencing the enduring challenges that people face when navigating the #welfare system.
This blog draws from our ongoing Online Listening research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social.
@j-hancock.bsky.social reflects on 13 years of online conversations evidencing the enduring challenges that people face when navigating the #welfare system.
This blog draws from our ongoing Online Listening research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social.
Putting humanity at the heart of welfare
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
✍ NEW BLOG | Putting humanity at the heart of welfare
@j-hancock.bsky.social reflects on 13 years of online conversations evidencing the enduring challenges that people face when navigating the #welfare system.
This blog draws from our ongoing Online Listening research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social.
@j-hancock.bsky.social reflects on 13 years of online conversations evidencing the enduring challenges that people face when navigating the #welfare system.
This blog draws from our ongoing Online Listening research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social.